If you want your new product development projects to go faster, reduce the number of active projects. Full stop. A rule to live by: If the new product development project is 90% complete, the company gets 0% of the value. When it comes to new product development projects, there’s no......
When there’s a disagreement, listen before you talk. And if that doesn’t work, listen more. With this approach, disagreement cannot blossom into a problem. When there’s a decision to be made, make it. There are problems with any decision you make, and you might as well learn them as soon......
When you work in domains of high uncertainty, creating goals for the next year is exceptionally difficult. When you try to do something that hasn’t been done before, things may blow up instantly, things may work out after two years of hard work, or things may never work. So, how......
Companies that are good at planning their projects create roadmaps spanning about three years, where individual projects are sequenced to create a coordinated set of projects that fit with each other. The roadmap helps everyone know what’s important and helps the resources flow to those most important projects. Through the......
There are natural limits to the amount of work that any one person or group can do. And once that limit is reached, saying yes to more work does not increase the amount of work that gets done. Sure, you kick the can down the road when you say yes......
Defend – Protect your success in its current state. In short, do what you did last time and do no harm. Extend – Modify and adapt your success. In short, sell similar offerings to similar customers. Transcend – Obsolete your best work before someone else does. All three elements can......
It’s difficult to describe what an innovative company looks like, and there’s no singular recipe or direction that is right for all companies. Here are some From: To: pairings that I hope will help you in your migration toward innovation. You’re heading in the right direction as your company generates......
It’s easy to say yes to a project, and it’s difficult to say no. When I say no to a great project, it preserves the opportunity to say yes to a magical one. When in doubt, I say no to a project. When I say no to a project, people......
If you want to help someone grow, use the work. Put them on mission-critical work that gives them the opportunity to demonstrate next-level skills. And the work must fit the person – it can’t be too difficult or too easy. It must be just right. And don’t create new work.......
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